At family-owned Bacardi, Stéphane Cluzet has been appointed Managing Director for Western Europe. Gilles Nackaerts will be the new Business Unit Director for Belgium and Luxembourg, Merlijn van de Ven takes up the same position in the Netherlands.

Triple switch

Bacardi, the largest private international spirits company, announces a switch in three top positions. Stéphane Cluzet will become Managing Director for Western Europe and responsible for France and Benelux. Previously, he was Managing Director for Bacardi in France and Italy.

Gilles Nackaerts will now lead commercial operations in Belgium and Luxembourg, both on-trade (on-trade) and off-trade (retail). He joined Bacardi four years ago as head of off-trade and wholesale operations in Belgium and Luxembourg. Merlijn van de Ven will lead the Dutch operations. He joined Bacardi 12 years ago and in his previous role led the off-trade operations in the Netherlands.

Bacardi is known for premium brands such as Bacardi Rum, Grey Goose, Dewar’s, Bombay Sapphire, Martini, William Lawson’s and Eristoff.